Dear Sarah,
I know one day when you look through the family albums, or read through your baby book, you may think, "Hey, what's with all the pictures of Ashley!" "Why aren't there as many of me?" "What's with all the blank lines in my baby book?" "Wasn't I as important?"
And so, my sweet little girl, I am writing you this note to explain. I have come to realize that no matter how hard I try to make sure everything is as equal for each of you precious children as possible, there probably will always be times when it seems that one of you is forgotten. You see, life as a mother to one is much different from the life of a mother to three.
Instead of grabbing my camera, I am trying to keep hold of three little hands. Instead of immediately writing the date of the first instant you crawled, or said "Mom," or danced, I am trying to just enjoy the moment and take in every little smile, sqeeze every little hug out of you, and prolong every little giggle.
You see, one thing a mother of three realizes more now than when she was a mother of one, is that much much much too soon, you will no longer be a baby. You will be mommy's grown up little girl. It's not that I didn't want the pictures and the dates, believe me I do. I want to remember everything. It wasn't that you were forgotten--it was that you were cherished. And my time enjoying the moment became much more important than spending time recording it. I can only hope that you will have many happy memories of your time with mommy and remember how much I truly loved you.
You will all always be my pearls of great price. I love you each so much.
Love,
Mommy
I know one day when you look through the family albums, or read through your baby book, you may think, "Hey, what's with all the pictures of Ashley!" "Why aren't there as many of me?" "What's with all the blank lines in my baby book?" "Wasn't I as important?"
And so, my sweet little girl, I am writing you this note to explain. I have come to realize that no matter how hard I try to make sure everything is as equal for each of you precious children as possible, there probably will always be times when it seems that one of you is forgotten. You see, life as a mother to one is much different from the life of a mother to three.
Instead of grabbing my camera, I am trying to keep hold of three little hands. Instead of immediately writing the date of the first instant you crawled, or said "Mom," or danced, I am trying to just enjoy the moment and take in every little smile, sqeeze every little hug out of you, and prolong every little giggle.
You see, one thing a mother of three realizes more now than when she was a mother of one, is that much much much too soon, you will no longer be a baby. You will be mommy's grown up little girl. It's not that I didn't want the pictures and the dates, believe me I do. I want to remember everything. It wasn't that you were forgotten--it was that you were cherished. And my time enjoying the moment became much more important than spending time recording it. I can only hope that you will have many happy memories of your time with mommy and remember how much I truly loved you.
You will all always be my pearls of great price. I love you each so much.
Love,
Mommy
7 comments:
How cute! Sarah (along with Ashley and Ty) are such darling kids and you are such a cute mom. I have a very similar story to tell Annabel...My poor next child will be lucky to get an envelope of pictures shoved in a drawer :)
And yes, we should do another craft night soon. I am ALWAYS ready to do that. And I will call you tomorrow.!
What a sweet tender tribute to a third little child. You expressed just how it is so beautifully.
Oh my word!! She is getting humongous!! Look at all those teeth! YOu are such a great mom Kris, I want to be a mom like you. We sure miss you guys.
Can I hear an AMEN! You hit the nail on the head. Every Mom needs to read that. Anna has hours worth of video where Henry has almost nothing. It makes me a little sick when I think about it.
Love you!
What a sweet post! I didn't have as many cool pictures as the older kids did but i have tons of memories of just me and mom time. That was well worth it. Sarah is a lucky little girl to have such a great mom! I love you Kris!!
That is beautiful. I felt like that and I only have 2 boys...almost 13 & 11 yrs old now. My how the time flies! I got your link from Haley's blog...she's my SIL.
Hi Kris! I'm so glad you left me a message. I went straight to Holly's blog to find yours too :o) I loved this letter. It was so beautifully written and so true. I only have two kids, but I already feel like I have twice as many pictures of Kamdyn as I do of Tyler. I would just rather spend time hugging and kissing and adoring him because time does go WAY too fast! You and Brent have such an adorable family. I can't believe how grown up Ashley is. All of your kids are beautiful. And I love you hair long!
~Kris
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